Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.
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- 1.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) dholak (c) tabla (d) veena
- 2.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 3.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎵 Is the drum a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 5.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by bowing strings (d) by tapping with hands
- 6.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by blowing air into it (b) by plucking strings (c) by shaking it (d) by hitting it
- 7.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 8.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ektara (b) flute (c) harp (d) tabla
- 9.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) dholak (b) bansuri (c) damru (d) harp
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) ektara (c) dholak (d) sitar
- 11.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) bansuri (b) guitar (c) sarangi (d) manjira
- 12.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 13.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a drumstick (b) a straw (c) a spoon (d) a bow
- 14.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 15.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) dissolves (b) freezes (c) vibrates (d) melts
- 16.🎵 Is the sarangi a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tabla (b) clarinet (c) conch (d) shehnai
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mridangam (b) manjira (c) damru (d) ektara
- 19.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) ektara (b) nadaswaram (c) ghatam (d) drum
- 20.🎵 Is the violin a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 21.🎵 Is the tabla a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 22.True or false: the bansuri is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) violin (b) dholak (c) harp (d) bansuri
- 24.True or false: the veena is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 Is the shehnai a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 26.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 27.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
- 28.True or false: the manjira is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) tambourine (c) dholak (d) shehnai
- 30.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 31.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) sarod (b) trumpet (c) veena (d) ghatam
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guitar (b) sitar (c) ektara (d) nadaswaram
- 33.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) damru (b) ghatam (c) tabla (d) sarod
- 35.True or false: the trumpet is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: the tambourine is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) flute (b) sitar (c) shehnai (d) tabla
- 38.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) mridangam (b) saxophone (c) sitar (d) manjira
- 39.True or false: the ghatam is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎵 Is the clarinet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
Answer key
- veena
- 7
- True
- percussion
- by tapping with hands
- by blowing air into it
- string
- flute
- harp
- dholak
- manjira
- percussion
- a bow
- 6
- vibrates
- string
- tabla
- ektara
- ektara
- string
- percussion
- True
- dholak
- True
- wind
- percussion
- 2
- True
- shehnai
- 4
- trumpet
- nadaswaram
- percussion
- sarod
- False
- False
- tabla
- sitar
- True
- wind
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